SPRING COURSES AT A.V. COLLEGE SPAN THE SPECTRUM.

Byline: Joanne Crawford Education

Antelope Valley College is offering a wide variety of courses for the spring term, which will begin Jan. 25.

The journalism program includes beginning and advanced reporting and newswriting courses, with students helping produce The Crusader, the award-winning campus newspaper.

The business division will offer classes that teach grammar and ways to improve communications skills, along with such computer-based courses as Developing Powerpoint Presentations and Novell Netware System Administration.

Saturday class times have been scheduled for three other popular computer courses - Computer Concepts and Applications in Business; Introduction to Microcomputers; and Essentials of Microcomputer Applications.

Java BASIC and C++ language courses and other classes also are scheduled.

``Students wanting to apply geographic information to practical uses will have access to state-of-the-art computer software for Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, which has been described as one of the promising fields for the 21st century,'' said Steve Standerfer, public relations director for the campus.

``Electronics and engineering programs at the college will feature introductory to more advanced courses, including materials strength and two-dimensional computer aided design and drafting classes,'' he said.

The new synthesizer lab at the college is offering four levels of instruction, Standerfer said.

The theater department will be teaching voice, movement for the actor, as well as screenwriting and play writing.

Antelope Valley College is closed for the winter break, but will reopen Monday. The campus is at 3041 W. Ave. K.

For enrollment information, call [phone], or visit the Student Services Building on the campus.

LANCASTER - Antelope Valley College and the Antelope Valley Master Chorale will host a Bach competition Feb. 7 for musicians 25 and younger.

Contestants must perform one vocal or instrumental composition by Bach that is no more than eight minutes long. Entrants must supply their own accompanists.

``Three prizes of $500 each will be awarded to winners in three categories, based upon the contestant's age,'' said Standerfer. The contest will be in Room 334 of the campus Music Building.

Winners will perform at a Feb. 27 concert at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center.

Applications are due by Jan. 8, and must be accompanied by a certified copy of the entrant's birth certificate. The registration fee is $20.

For more information, call David Newby at [phone].